On May 21, 1:13�am, Coffee's For Closers USENET2...@THE-DOMAIN-
IN.SIG wrote:
I recently expanded a vegetable bed in my previously-neglected
suburban back yard. �I have some difficult clay-ish soil, so I
was digging down, and going to dump in some half-finished
compost, leaves, grass clippings, etc, in the newly-claimed area.

I had a bit of a shock

About 20 centimetres or so down, I hit a glass mason jar.

And then, digging and digging, I discovered, to my horror, that
this corner of the yard had been used as some kind of rubbish
dump by builders. �It has been probably at least ten years since
there was work done on this place. �Under about three square
metres surface space, and in one digging session, I found...

10+ Glass jars and bottles. �Two bottles were capped, with a
venegar-smelling liquid and flower-petals(?) inside. �Some broken
glass pieces.

A few plastic items - a spray bottle (cleaner?) �A chemical-
looking jug. �A Tupperware type divided lunch plate (with lid.) �
Unidentified bits.

A significant about of plastic of the supermarket-bag type.

A few items of cloth, and degraded clothing.

Two(!) intact items that seemed to be lamp fixtures.

A hand-held cassette tape recorder, in zipped case, with cassette
(non-working)

A crescent wrench (rusted in position.)

A length of nylon rope (in surprisingly good condition.)

Some kind of sports glove.

A torque wrench (with bend-able indicator, but rusted socket
end.)

A piece of vinyl sheet with a design, about 1 x 2.5 metres (maybe
a tarp?)

A power supply of some general type.

Various lengths of electrical wire, including two with toggle
switches attached.

A power supply with a label stating that it was for a printer
(maybe 1980s vintage?)

Several paint cans, and unidentified metal containers (some
partly rusted out.)

A couple of tubes of chemicals, one of which said it was vinyl
adhesive.

A pair of gumboots.

I pulled out about three rubbish bag loads. �There was still more
down there, but I was digging kind of sideways (like a coal
mine.) �So I didn't get everything, and I don't know how
extensive it is. �I dumped in some good compost, etc.

I am rather creeped-out by the fact that I could smell a sort of
paint-solvent type fumes when I unearthed some of this stuff

Arrrrrgh... Just venting...

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I hope you're not planning to eat anything you grow in that patch!